Oil burner



0. J. SEE

OIL BURNER July 11, 1928.

2. Sheets-shat 1 Filed Jan. 17, 1927 Oscar Juneafi'ee IITNESS:

ATTORNEY July 17, 1928.

O. J. SEE;

OIL BURNER Filed Jan. 17. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EQF OacarJimaefieeINVENTOR M 8V ATTORN EY Patented July 17, 1928.

UNITE STATES OSCAR JAMES SEE, 01F PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

01L BURNER.

Application filed January 17, 1927. Serial No. 161,646.

This invention has particular relation to burners embodying among othercharacteristics a manifold for introducing air with the fuel to producea highly and quickly inflammable mixture.

Another object of the invention eontenr plates a weight operated draftregulator adapted to check the ingress and egress of draft by means ofwhich the heat radiated from the burner will remain constant.

A further object of the invention com prehends a drain pipe carried bythe burn-er pan adapted for filling a receptacle carried by a trip valvefor the supply pipe whereby fuel will be cut off when overflow takesplace.

An additional improvement embodies a burner ring adapted to reflectflames and heat from the burner to produce a more thorough and quicklyinflammable mixture. Said action of reflected heat causes air drawnthrough the manifold to be heated before mixing with the fuel whereby ahighly expansive mixture is produced.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention furtherconsists of the following novel features and details of construction tobe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention as applied foractive use.

Figure 2 is an elevation of a flue pipe with parts broken away toillustrate the draft regulator.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken through the burner apparatus.

Figure l is a sectional view of the relative association of a burner andmanifold.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a sectional view of a modified form of the burner.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 of Figure 6.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts the reference character 10 indicates a conventionalform of heating plant provided with a draft pipe 11 including a damper12.

In carrying out the invention I provide an auxiliary section 13depending from the flue pipe and provided with a collar 1% carried by aplate 15 within the open end thereof to provide a restricted entrancethrough the section 13. An arm 16 pivotally mounted upon the plate 15 isprovided with a disk member 17 upon one end disposed within the section13 and adapted to be seated upon the collar 14; The opposed end of thearm is threaded for engagement with a weight 18 balancing the arm tocheck undue draft ingress and egress through the flue pipe 11. Thepurpose of such mechanism will be more specifically pointed out withreference to subsequent description of the invention.

A ring 19 is suitably anchored upon a platform 20 disposed at anappropriate height ithin the fire-box of the furnace 10. Said platformis provided with legs 21 depend ing therefrom and engageable with theashpit to support and materially strengthen the platform. An airmanifold 22 extended within the fire-box is extended upwardly within aflange portion 23 carried by the platform 19. An elbow 2 1 is carried bysaid manifold. An auxiliary section 25 has the opposed ends thereofextended within flange portions 23 of the platform 19 and communicatingwith the respective ends of the manifold and elbow.- The intermediateportion in the length of the auxiliary section 25 of the manifold isprovided with an opening surrounded by outwardly flared side walls 26. Adrain pan 27 is disposed upon the upper side of the manifold 22 andbetween the inner extremity thereof and the elbow 24. A supply pipe 28extended within the fire-box is provided with an offset discharge end 29extended upwardly through the bottom and centrally of the drain pan 2?and threaded within the bore of a frusto-- conical burner 80. eitherprovided with discharge ports 31 extending in dian'ietrically oppositedirections from the bore thereof or slotted portions-32 disposed instaggered relation thereon. A burner pan 33 is carried upon the base ofthe burner. An annular burner ring 34: is also seated within the flangeportions 28 of the platform 19 in spaced relation to the innor sidewalls of the furnace .10. A needle valve 35 is carried by the supplypipe 28 to check the feed of the fuel to the burner. A drain pipe 36connected with the drain pan 27 has the outer discharge end thereofdisposed directly above a receptacle 37 carried by a trip valve 38 uponthe supply pipe 28 in order that excess fuel unburned will automaticallycheck the flow of the fuel.

Said burner may be Thus a material saving in the consumption of fuelwill be had in so far as the mechanism will be automatically shut offwhen such condition occurs.

In the operation of the invention oil collecting within the burner pan33 is ignited and burned for an appreciable length of time to heat theburner 30 until the discharged contents thereof are ignited. The flamesemitted therefrom will be directed against and within the manifoldsection 25. Such action in. conjunction with the draft regulator, asmentioned in foregoing, will cause a sufficient quantity of air to bedrawn through the manifold section. The inrushing air, being preheated,will vaporize the fuel whereby greater heat is produced. The

burner ring 34 is adapted to deflect the flames and reflect the heattoward the manifold section 25 whereby better combustion will beproduced.

Further prel'ieating of the air is done in the manifold 22 and in itsexpanded state considerable friction is produced to obviate violentflame pulsations. The draft regulater is adapted to overcome the usualdifficulty of burners and fire therefor from being blown out andconsiderable fuel wasted by the ingress and egress of draft. The greateconomy in oil burning lies in the proper regulation of the draft,particularly when air eddies or violent gusts of wind outthe mixing ofthe preheated air with the fuel.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form,proportions, and minor details of construction, and the right is hereinreserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is An oil burnerapparatus comprising a platform, a manifold comprising upper and lowersections, the lower section being supported upon the platform, one endof the section being offset, an elbow carried by the lower section beingprojected in parallelism with the end thereof, the upper section beingadapted for connection with the end of the lowermost section and theelbow, the upper section being provided with an opening therein, aburner disposed in juxtaposition to said opening, and a burner ringcarried by the platform and surrounding the manifold adapted to reflectheat from the burner upon the manifold to cause the, heating of the air.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

OSCAR JAMES SEE

